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Edward Alex Lively

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Southern Gothic Tales: 10/6 Sample Passage

Ian wandered around the foyer going from room to room trying
to find the source of the creaking noise, excluding the two hallways that led
into the Sunroom and the banquet room.
It was when he when he was making his way back to the foyer when he
noticed it. On the far right side of the
staircase was something he hadn’t noticed before because of the way it seemed
to have been cleverly disguised. It was
a hidden panel that was barely small enough for one person to fit through. It had been apparently so well designed to
look like a normally functioning part of the staircase’s side. Ian seriously doubted anyone else would’ve
ever noticed it either because of the clever, intuitive design. He stepped over to the panel which now stood
ajar and examined both the panel’s outside and internal side. There didn’t seem to be no external way of
opening it so he was dumbfounded as to how it could’ve came open as there was a
small metal latch on the internal side of the small door.

The only thing he could come to gather was that either
someone recently opened it and forgot to close it, or it had been jammed and
now with the weather the house had settled and the latch could’ve come loose,
thus releasing the panel. He examined
the latch itself closer. It seemed to be
in perfect shape. He then peered into
the dark looking hole that lay beyond the small opening. Just on the inside of the opening on what was
the underside wall of the staircase was a small metal hoop which Ian took to
understand was where the latch hooked into.
The metal hoop seemed to be in decent shape also. He couldn’t understand how the house settling
could’ve made the panel latch release. “Someone
definitely released this only recently.” Ian said to himself.

Ian decided he would need light to see
further into the hidden area so he pulled a small flashlight out from the right
front pocket of his jeans and switched it on.
The entire hidden area beneath the stairs was instantly illuminated,
revealing a smaller metal staircase that spiraled down into a never-ending
darkness. Ian realized he’d just found the basement stairs. He wondered what he would find at the bottom
when he got there. “Well there’s only one way to find out I guess.” Ian
said. He ducked his head and stepped
over the panel’s threshold stepping onto the first step of the metal
staircase. Carefully he began following
the staircase down into the unknown darkness.